I found this recipe a couple of years ago on a group recipe blog called Bitches in the Kitchen. I’m always up for different pasta recipes and this butternut squash and pesto penne dish looked pretty good so I thought I’d give it a try.
Image credit: Morgan from Bitches in the Kitchen
One word: YUM. It’s seriously very good. And very easy to make:
Ingredients
1 small butternut squash, peeled, and chopped into 1/2″ pieces
1 tbsp butter
1 cup chicken stock
2 oz (1/4 package) cream cheese
1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
3 tbsp pesto
salt & pepper
1 pkg penne
shaved Parmesan
Cooking instructions
Steam butternut squash until fork tender and drain. Bring a big pot of salted water to a boil for the pasta.
In a deep frying pan, sauté steamed squash cubes in butter. Mash gently with a spoon as you sauté. Add chicken stock, cream cheese, grated Parmesan, pesto, and salt and pepper. Stir until combined. Cook pasta while the sauce is coming up to a boil.
Toss warm sauce with cooked and drained pasta (add a few ladles of pasta water if the sauce is too thick) and top with shaved Parmesan. Enjoy!
The pesto gives it a really nice flavour. This is a great one for kids, too. (When our kids were younger a friend of mine said her daughter would eat anything you offered her, as long as it was noodles and cheese. Ha ha. I think we all relate to that, and this dish might just pass… And it has a vegetable in it!)
Happy fall!
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